The Pneurop Joint Working Group (JWG) Digitalisation serves as a strategic forum for the compressed air, vacuum, and auxiliary equipment industries to navigate digital transformation and emerging European digital compliance requirements. The group aims to proactively position the sector regarding digital mandates rather than taking a purely reactive compliance approach. It carries the name “Joint” Working Group as it takes a joint approach for all relevant product groups of our industry.

Legislation is the digital field is evolving continuously. A number of relevant Initiatives and legislations are listed below.

European Union Legislation & Frameworks

1. Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation (ESPR / Regulation EU 2024/1781)
2. EU Battery Regulation (Regulation EU 2023/1542)
3. Ecodesign Motor & Drive Delegated Regulations (EU 2019/1781 & upcoming ESPR revisions)
4. European Product Act (EPA)

International Initiatives & Standardization Standards

1. ISO/IEC Joint Standardization & CEN/CENELEC JTC 24
2. Chinese National Product Digital Passport Standardization Initiative

Data & Industrial Cloud Legislation

1. EU Data Act (Regulation EU 2023/2854)
2. Data Governance Act (Regulation EU 2022/868)

Cybersecurity & Digital Hardware Security

1. Cyber Resilience Act (CRA / Regulation EU 2024/2847)
2. NIS2 Directive (Directive EU 2022/2555)

Artificial Intelligence & Emerging Technologies

1. EU Artificial Intelligence Act (Regulation EU 2024/1689)

Platform, Infrastructure & Identity Frameworks

1. Digital Services Act (DSA / Regulation EU 2022/2065) & Digital Markets Act (DMA / Regulation EU 2022/1925)
2. eIDAS 2.0 / European Digital Identity Framework (Regulation EU 2024/1183)
3. General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR / Regulation EU 2016/679)